Isaac Adongo, the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, has said some members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) believe he has not been treated well.
According to Isaac Adongo, many heads of government agencies who are NDC members feel he has been unfairly treated; as a result, they respond to his requests with urgency.
He further disclosed that while most NDC MPs struggle to secure funding for projects in their constituency, as Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, his portfolio gives him leverage to get what he wants for his constituents.
Speaking in an interview on Dreamz FM in Bolgatanga, Isaac Adongo explained, “Let me tell you something, the honest truth is that where I sit, there are a lot of agency heads who are NDC and feel that I have not been treated well. So, when I go to them to ask for support, they are willing to do even more because they know the value I brought to NDC”.
“And some of them do not have the patience to wait, like the way I am waiting, and they feel that I should have been in there even by now. So, if I go to them to say I want aid, if they are capable of doing it, they are in a hurry to do it. Besides, I am the Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament. That is a very big portfolio in Parliament, and it influences a lot of things. It gives me leverage to get what I want for my constituents.
“It is not for nothing. Check, since we came, how many MPs have been able to secure funding to build one brand-new school in their constituency across the country? But I secured one within eight months of NDC being in power,” he added.
It will be recalled that supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) had earlier urged President John Dramani Mahama to reconsider his decision to overlook Isaac Adongo in his ministerial appointments.
They argued that the exclusion from a ministerial position could result in significant backlash against the party in future elections within the constituency.
Their remarks followed the announcement of Mr Adongo’s appointment to the Board of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
In related news, Isaac Adongo, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, has said that if the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, stays on his current path, he does not see the next president going beyond him.
According to Isaac Adongo, Ato Forson will win the next election for the NDC if he keeps focus as he had started.
Speaking on GHOne, Isaac Adongo explained, “Privately, I told him (Ato Forson). I said if you continue on the path that you are continuing, I don’t see the next president beyond you. I told him personally because he has done the things that he has done in this short period, and don’t forget that he has the full backing of His Excellency [Mahama].
“If you have a finance minister who doesn’t have the backing of the president, he will be a failure because there are certain difficult decisions that you take that even your colleagues are not comfortable with, but that is what is required to swallow the bitter pill and heal”.
He continued, “I’m not by this saying that Ato Forson wants to contest for president, but it is just to let him understand how I situate the work that he has done. He’s a young man; I don’t think he may even be having that contemplation.
But just to let him understand that we are sitting back, we are impressed with the work that he’s done and that he should keep the focus. And if he keeps the focus, he will win the next election for the NDC. There’s no two ways about that. And I do believe that his biggest strength was placing Ghana first,” he explained.
Isaac Adongo further revealed, “Yesterday, we looked at a couple of agreements that were signed before he came. Agreements that required parliamentary approval under Article 181 (5) were not brought; required approval under the public financial management at Section 33, they were not brought; tax exemptions that were over-bloated, but he was able, with his team, to renegotiate and give Ghanaians $9 million of benefits, lower than what he came to inherit.
“But also said, ‘Look, this thing requires the approval of the people of Ghana. So, I’m going back to Parliament. I want to be transparent. I want the people of Ghana to give me the mandate to implement the agreement that I have renegotiated. ’ That financial governance mentality will go down as one of his best.”
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